Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 49 (2001) award
Keiji Sunouchi
すのうち けいじ
Sunouchi Keiji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-04-24 （Fujisato, Akita, Japan）
- Died
- 2016-07-09 age 65
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fujisato, Akita, Japan → Futatsui (Nijutsui), Akita, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- writer, author, publisher
- Active Years
- 1975-2016
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita Prefectural Noshiro High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Akita Prefectural Noshiro High School
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Japan Essayists Club Award | Sugie Masumi: Drift through Michinoku | — | Japan Essayists Club | winner |
Japan Essayists Club Award
2001
Work:
Sugie Masumi: Drift through Michinoku
Organization:
Japan Essayists Club
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Dragon's Child
1978 Folktale picture bookA picture book for children based on folktales from Akita.
folktaleregional culture
The Sky Where Swans Fly Is Not of Our Time (Poems and Letters)
1978 PoetryA collection of poems and letters characterized by lyrical style.
naturenostalgia
A Thousand Years' Night
1989 NovelA novel set in a regional community, exploring history and memory.
memorylocal communityhistory
Postwar Reforms in Tohoku Farming and Mountain Villages
1991 Research / Non-fictionA booklet examining social and economic changes in Tohoku's rural areas after the war.
rural communitiessocial reform
Sugie Masumi: Drift through Michinoku
2001 Biography / TravelogueA biographical travelogue about the Edo-period traveler Sugie Masumi, depicting records and portraits of Tohoku regions.
biographyregional historytravel
Rain Falling on Shishigamori
2004 NovelA novella/collection set against the backdrop of Tohoku's landscape.
local landscapehuman drama
Senzanki (Sen-sanki)
2005 NovelA long novel thematically centered on postwar and regional memory.
postwar historymemory
Bibliography
- The Dragon's Child
- The Sky Where Swans Fly Is Not of Our Time (Poems and Letters)
- A Thousand Years' Night
- Postwar Reforms in Tohoku Farming and Mountain Villages
- Miyazawa Kenji: Wisdom from Afar
- Japan at 40°N: Forms of Postwar Spirit
- Dancing with Teary Eyes (A Thousand Years' Night, Part II)
- Sugie Masumi: Drift through Michinoku
- Rain Falling on Shishigamori
- Senzanki (Sen-sanki)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical prose with strong regional emphasisnon-fictional elements incorporating archival research
- Recurring Motifs
- Tohoku naturecollective memorytravel and movement
Legacy
An author who carefully depicted Tohoku's landscape and history, contributing to the preservation and reappraisal of regional culture. Recognized for biographical and research work on historical figures such as Sugie Masumi.
Academic Societies
- Japan Essayists Club
Trivia
- Managed the publisher Akita Shobo from 1975 to 1988.
- Began writing novels in the late 1980s.
- Won the Japan Essayists Club Award in 2001 for 'Sugie Masumi: Drift through Michinoku'.
- Died on July 9, 2016.